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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPhil Gingrey: We gotta teach wimmens to be wimmens and menz to be menz
(ThinkProgress) Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA) wants American youths to be taught gender stereotypes in grade school classes, so they understand the roles of mothers and fathers and the importance of allowing only opposite-sex couples to marry.
In a speech Monday on the House floor, Gingrey stressed his continued support for the Defense of Marriage Act which defines marriage as only union between a man and a woman and suggested that children need to be carefully taught about the traditional roles of their genders:
GINGREY: You know, maybe part of the problem is we need to go back into the schools at a very early age, maybe at the grade school level, and have a class for the young girls and have a class for the young boys and say, you know, this is whats important. This is what a father does that is maybe a little different, maybe a little bit better than the talents that a mom has in a certain area. And the same thing for the young girls, that, you know, this is what a mom does, and this is what is important from the standpoint of that union which we call marriage.
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While Gingrey is right that each parent brings different strengths to a family, his suggestion that only opposite-sex couples can bring complementary skills is nearly as archaic as his view that children should be taught to conform to his outdated view of gender roles. And despite his assertions, the gender of parents has never been proven to be a relevant factor in the quality of parenting. ..................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2013/06/19/2182311/gingrey-teach-gender-roles/
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Phil Gingrey: We gotta teach wimmens to be wimmens and menz to be menz (Original Post)
marmar
Jun 2013
OP
running so scared that people might actually be more accepting and open that we have to TEACH
niyad
Jun 2013
#3
Georgia has some of most backward Congressfolks in country. And Gingrey was an obstetrician.
Hoyt
Jun 2013
#6
xchrom
(108,903 posts)1. du rec.
niyad
(113,860 posts)2. "you've got to be carefully taught"
Youve Got To Be Carefully Taught by
Cable:
You've got to be taught
To hate and fear,
You've got to be taught
From year to year,
It's got to be drummed
In your dear little ear
You've got to be carefully taught.
You've got to be taught to be afraid
Of people whose eyes are oddly made,
And people whose skin is a diff'rent shade,
You've got to be carefully taught.
You've got to be taught before it's too late,
Before you are six or seven or eight,
To hate all the people your relatives hate,
You've got to be carefully taught!
niyad
(113,860 posts)3. running so scared that people might actually be more accepting and open that we have to TEACH
"gender roles". wow. isn't this the same bunch that DOESN'T want indoctrination in schools? oh, never mind, THEIR indoctrination is okay.
treestar
(82,383 posts)4. Those girls should stay in the kitchen with their mama and learn
how to cook!
riqster
(13,986 posts)5. Of course, if this really were the "natural order" or such,
Nobody would need to be taught it.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)6. Georgia has some of most backward Congressfolks in country. And Gingrey was an obstetrician.
niyad
(113,860 posts)9. just like michael burgess. how in the HELL did these people get INTO any legitimate medical school?
RedCloud
(9,230 posts)11. Probably folks vote for him thinking he's Gingrich.
Enrique
(27,461 posts)7. we should consult with Saudi Arabia
they seem to have the traditional gender roles thing down.
stuckinodi
(113 posts)8. Talk about Tyranny! n/t
sinkingfeeling
(51,493 posts)12. Welcome, Rep. Gingrey, to 1813.